I guess that's my defence, is like - even if people think it sucks - it's not me anymore, you know.

Rock n' roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world.

Don't confine truth to fact. Imaginative truth is as powerful, and often enough, more so than fact.

...We can work it out. Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.

I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing.

I think I have a superior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it.

Then again, I think about high school every day and I think about being a little kid every day too.

Inverted snobbery is just as dangerous as snobbery itself, you know - that pride in having nothing.

Prog rock, with a little good taste, is ok. I tried to bring some of it into this century, I guess.

I feel that my dreamscapes are part of my everyday life, and sometimes I can't tell the difference.

I am someone that follows the news and reads newspapers yet what do you believe and what don't you.

In the same way, I write some of my more difficult pieces when I'm at very happy stages in my life.

Our repertoire consisted of rhythm and blues, sort of country rhythm and blues, Sonny Terry things.

Getting caught masturbating sucks. I got caught masturbating in jail 7 or 8 times, it really sucks.

For me, God is in my life. I don't hide from that... I think the search has been on since the '60s.

No, I've never thought that I was gay. And that's not something you think. It's something you know.

There are always generic terms like 'Americana', but there are no boundaries as to where it can go.

I lose myself in music because I can't be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around me.

As a young man, I craved fame. I was trying to fix holes in my soul that were there from childhood.

No one really knew Freddie. He was shy, gentle and kind. He wasn't the person he put over on stage.

Mick says, Would you join the band? I say to him, Mick, you know I'd be there in a New York minute.

It's easier to believe in this sweet madness, oh this glorious sadness, that brings me to my knees.

It all begins with the initial tone coming from the cabinet, but EQ at the board is very important.

I'd played in about four or five bands before we started up, only a couple of which did club dates.

Computers and the Internet have made it really easy to rant. It's made everyone overly opinionated.

I've been here all the time; I could be putting out as many albums as Costello, y'know what I mean?

I had the luxury of falling down a few times and picking myself up as a stronger version of myself.

I've got a lot of stamina and I enjoy people, so having lots of people around doesn't freak me out.

I watched my mother waste her life on housework and swore I'd never do that. Dave does the cooking.

I'm born and bred out of Detroit. Detroit is an interesting place. You've got to be from somewhere.

Stop killing your brothers and your sisters and help them out in any difficulty. That's my message.

It's very difficult sometimes having bands, you know, when all the members aren't on the same page.

It's easy to be negatively funny about personalities in the media. It's just kind of a cheap laugh.

Lyrics are back, maybe. It seems like there was a bit of an attitude that lyrics are not important.

I love Krispy Kreme donuts, but doesn't the thought of cream that's crispy just churn your stomach?

I have lost a brother and a best friend. The world has lost one of the greatest actors of all time.

It's a cliche that music rises above it all, and it's a cliche for a reason - it's very often true.

Being English, we're polite and reserved, we don't express our opinions; we're very private people.

We’re super fortunate in Pearl Jam to have such loyal fans...who really want to come & see us play.

A man must stand up for what he believes in - especially in this culture war between good and evil.

I'm militantly anti-drug abuse but love everything Keith Richards and some other drug goofballs do.

War is good when good survives and evil is crushed. If you don't crush evil then evil will get you.

Like most bands we're a family, family before band. If we broke up tomorrow, we'd still be friends.

Maybe I'm not the gloaming witches smart, but at least I'm not our stupid liffey hamburger mongrels

While you make pretty speeches I'm being cut to shreds You feed me to the lions A delicate balance.

I'm even taller in person, because photographs shrink you down and steal your soul native american.

There are no more barbershop quartets wearing boaters, even though I still like them. Life goes on.

A good wine has many qualities I think. If drunk moderately, it is healthy and good for your heart.

Take back your insurance, baby, nothing is guaranteed. Take back your acid rain, let your TV bleed.

I think punk, pop-punk, and rock music is all meshed together and I think good music is good music.

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